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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1633, 13 March 1884, Page 2

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£;> (PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ; / NELSON HOPS. " < - Nelson, March 11.. A meeting of hop growers wa3 held here tb-iliy to consider tlio action taken by one of. the leading merchants, in endeavoring to pip this season's hops at a most unreasonable price. It was stated, that certain merchants had offered hops at 8(1, and some, growers said they could jiot be grown for less than Is. Tho hop growers present bound themselves! not to sell any hops for six months ofl this season under Is per lb, 1 Wellington, Wednesday, Five more informations have been issued against P. K. Watty for forgery amounting to abolit £IOO in the aggregate. Wellington, Wednesday. Arrived—Halcloae ship (Parker), from London, 102 days. Uneventful passage. : ■ ' ! •FROZEN MFAT. . Wellington, Thursday. The Frame Times, an English provincial paper, of Januavy 16th, states that Mr J, W. Oram, late of Christchurch, and now residing iu England, received by the lonic a consignment of frozen sheep and hunts, from his brother, Mr Harry Oram, of Christchurch. Alter making presents, Mr J. W. Oram had the remainder of ; the shipment sold by auction in MidsomeivNorton, arid; Bath, and realised an average of 7|d per lb by the carcases at Bath, and at Midsomer-Norton B|d for mutton, and lOd for lamb. The paper states that the meat was very good, and perfectly fresh.